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ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Su-ling Li
PROVIDER: E-MEXP-1698 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Miao Tizong T Raymond Meera M Bhullar Punamdip P Ghaffari Emma E Symonds Alistair L J AL Meier Ute C UC Giovannoni Gavin G Li Suling S Wang Ping P
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 20121130 1
Early growth response gene (Egr)-2 is important for the maintenance of T cell homeostasis and controls the development of autoimmune disease. However, the underlying mechanisms are unknown. We have now discovered that Egr-2, which is induced by TGF-β and IL-6, negatively regulates the expression of IL-17, but not IL-2 or IFN-γ, in effector T cells. In the absence of Egr-2, CD4 T cells produce high levels of Th17 cytokines, which renders mice susceptible to experimental autoimmune encephalomyelit ...[more]